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WIN THE RACE AGAINST FLU!Please book an appointment for your flu vaccination. You are eligible for a free flu vaccination if you are aged over 65 years, pregnant or suffer from a chronic condition such as COPD, Diabetes or Heart problems. If you are unsure whether you are eligible for a free flu vaccination, please contact the practice for advice.

ISLINGTON IHUB - EVENING AND WEEKEND APPOINTMENTS!!

Islington has 3 hub. Registered patients are now able to book appointments with Islington doctors and nurses at an Islington GP hub when the practice is closed. Simply ask a receptionist for an ”I:Hub” appointment and they will try to offer you one that is both convenient for you and that also suits your health needs.

Islington GP hubs are open between 6.30pm and 8.00pm each weekday and from 8.00am to 8.00pm at the weekend.

If we are closed you can call the usual surgery number between 6.30pm to 8.00pm Mon to Fri and 8.00am to 8.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays and your call will be answered by i:Hub staff who will be able to assist you. These appointments are available for routine appointments and do not need to be urgent requests.

If you book an appointment you will be asked to give consent for the doctor or nurse to see your medical records, on this occasion only, in order to provide you with the best care.

PATIENT ONLINE SERVICES

Did you know that you could register for patient online services? This will include repeat prescription requests, booking or cancelling appointments and viewing certain aspects of your medical records. If you wish to access these services, please attend the practice with photographic identification. You will be provided with unique login details and information on how to register. For more information, please contact the practice.

Clinics & Services

For registered patients the practice provides the following services under the NHS:

New patient health checks

Cervical Screening

Routine/Emergency consultations with the doctor/ nurse

Contraception

Minor Ailment Consultations

Ante/post natal care

Smoking Cessation Advice

Dressings

Immunisations including childhood immunisations and flu and Pneumonia for patients over 65 and patients with chronic diseases

Regular check-ups for patients with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes etc.

Three year check-ups: if you do not suffer from a chronic disease it may be some time since you have seen a doctor or a nurse. Registered patients aged between 16 and 75 who have not been seen by a practice doctor or nurse in the last three years are advised to make an appointment for a three year check-up.

Over 75s annual check-up: if you are 75 or over and have not been seen by a practice nurse or doctor within the last twelve months, please make an appointment for your annual check-up.

Baby Clinic

If your child is due his/her next immunisation please book an appointment at the surgery. The baby immunisation clinics are on Mondays 13:30 -15:30 and Fridays 09:30-12:30.

Please bring your child's immuinsation record book to your appointment.

Community Phlebotomy Clinic

Community Phlebotomy Clinic based in the health centre - Opening times are Monday and Thursdays from 9 am until 12:30 pm - This is a Walk In Service.

Private/Non-NHS

This Practice will charge for all non-nhs service/report/prescription (other than those excluded by The Dept. of Health) provided by any member of the practice team.To ensure that all patients are treated equitably the team will follow the procedure.

To counter any accusations of impropriety Doctors will never handle cash or take payments.The receptionists only will handle payments. To reduce confusion/errors ‘Reception’ will control the process in its entirety.The appointments at this practice are for clinical issues only administrative matters will not be dealt with in clinical time all such matters will be directed in the first instance to reception.

The practice follows the BMA guidelines with regards to fees.

The following list is an example of services which will require a fee:

Travel Vaccinations

Medical Examinations for Insurance companies etc.

Passport Applications

Private Letters: mitigations, housing, fit to fly etc.

Private Sick Notes

Private Prescriptions

Pregnancy Tests

Malarone Tablets

ONLINE PATIENT ACCESS

STATEMENT OF INTENT FOR HIGHBURY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

Nationally the way GP records are managed in the NHS is changing in three important ways.

1.Summary Care Record (SCR)

2.GP to GP Record Transfers

3.Patient Online Access to Their GP Record

These changes do not enable your record to be shared outside the team of professionals who look after you. They are designed to improve and speed up your care and provide you with more access to what is in your medical record.

1.Patient Online Access

We will be offering the facility for booking and cancelling appointments and also for ordering your repeat prescriptions online. Alongside this, all patients in England will have access to their GP medical records online by 31st March 2015.

This means you can have secure access to relevant parts (current medications, immunisations and allergies) of your record from devices that can access the internet.

To use these services you should first come to the practice with photographic ID. We will then give you your secure login details.

2.Summary Care Record (SCR)

NHS England requires GP practices to upload any changes to patients’ summary information on their Summary Care Record by 31st March 2015.

The Summary Care Record (SCR) is a brief summary of your medical record that will help anyone treating you in an emergency that does not have your full medical record. It contains details of any medication you are taking and any allergies that we know you have. Your SCR is automatically updated at least daily to ensure that your information is as up to date as it can possibly be.

You do not have to have a SCR if you do not want one. Please inform our reception team if you do not want a SCR.

3.GP to GP Record Transfers

A new way of transferring patient records electronically between GP practices has been developed to be used when a patient moves from one GP practice to another.

NHS England requires this new method to be used for all new or de-registering patients by 31st March 2015. Highbury Grange Medical Practice already uses this method to transfer records to and from other practices currently using the GP to GP system.

For your own medical care it is very important that you are always registered with a GP practice. If you leave your GP and register with a new GP, your medical record will be forwarded on to your new GP. It can take several weeks for your paper record to reach your new surgery.With the new system your electronic record is transferred to your new practice much more quickly.

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